Michael Schumacher drives taxi in airport dash

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Michael Schumacher drives taxi in airport dash
By Tom Chivers and Sarah Marcus
Last Updated: 2:42am GMT 12/12/2007



It seems that you can take Michael Schumacher out of racing, but you can't take racing out of Michael Schumacher.

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The seven-time Formula One world champion took over from his taxi driver in order to make it to the airport in time for a flight, it has emerged.


Michael Schumacher has ruled himself out of any return to Formula One
Cabbie Tuncer Yilmaz watched in awe as the racing legend, 38, showed him how his job ought to be done.

"I found myself in the passenger seat, which was strange enough, but to have 'Schumi' behind the wheel of my cab was incredible," Mr Yilmaz told German newspaper the Muenchner Abendzeitung.

Schumacher, who lives in Switzerland, had flown in to an aerodrome near Coburg, Bavaria, on Saturday and taken a taxi to Gehuelz to pick up a new puppy.

On the 30km (19 mile) return journey, however, Schumacher felt they were short on time, and made a polite request to Mr Yilmaz that he be allowed to take over.

Unsurprisingly, and perhaps with a view to bettering himself professionally, the driver did so.

With his wife, two children and new addition to the family Ed, the Australian Shepherd pup, on board, Schumacher proceeded to put pedal to metal.

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Famously, German autobahns have no blanket speed limits, so the driver was able to put the cab through its paces.

Although he was driving an Opel Vivaro, a minivan-style vehicle which has a top speed of 163km (101 miles) per hour, Schumacher managed to get the most out of it, according to the cabbie.

"He drove at full throttle around the corners and overtook in some unbelievable places," said a white-knuckled Mr Yilmaz.

The retired champion gave the taxi driver a generous 100 euro (71.76 pounds) tip on top of the 60 euro fare.

Despite helping out as a test driver at old team Ferrari, Schumacher has ruled himself out of any return to Formula One.